Braised Beef with Shiitake Mushrooms and Black Fungus
Quick and easy gluten free braised beef recipe that is delicious and packed full of nutrients from the grass fed beef rum steaks, shiitake mushrooms and black fungus.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves (peeled and finely minced)
- 3 inch ginger (peeled and thinly sliced into thin matchsticks (julienned))
- 1.2 kg beef rump steak ((preferably grass fed), trimmed and sliced into 1cm (0.4 inch) thick strips)
- 50 g dried natural black fungus (soak in hot water until soften)
- 22 dried shiitake mushrooms (soak in hot water for 30 minutes until soften. Stems removed and cut into quarters)
- 1 star anise (large )
- 5 clove 5 cloves
- 1/2 tbsp corn starch (mix with 1/2 cup water)
- 2 tsp salt (or to taste)
- Steamed rice to serve
- 3 tbsp blackstrap molasses
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
- 1/2 cup medium dry sherry
- 3 sprigs coriander ((cilantro) including stems, roughly cut into 1 to 2 cm lengthwise)
- 2 long fresh red chilli (deseeded and finely sliced)
Instructions
- 1
Mix and combine all the sauce ingredients in a medium bowl.
- 2
Heat up a non-stick wok with 6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, stir-fry the garlic and ginger on low to medium heat until lightly golden and fragrant. Stirring frequently.
- 3
Add in the all the beef pieces and stir-fry for 5 minutes on medium to high heat.
- 4
Then add in the sauce prepared in step 1, star anise, cloves, shiitake mushrooms, black fungus and corn starch mixture and stir-fry for another 3 minutes. Add salt to taste.
- 5
Bring to a boil and turn the heat to low, cover with lid and simmer for 20 minutes or until beef is soft. Stirring occasionally.
- 6
Garnish with some chilli and coriander and serve with steamed rice. For paleo diet, serve with cauliflower rice instead.